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CVE-2012-3976 Details

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not properly handle onLocationChange events during navigation between different https sites, which allows remote attackers to spoof the X.509 certificate information in the address bar via a crafted web page.

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No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	< 15.0 >= 10.0, < 10.0.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla seamonkey	< 2.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	12.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop	10 sp4 11 sp2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	10 sp4 11 sp2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::-::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::vmware::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise software development kit	11 sp2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop	5.0 6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux eus	6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	5.0 6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	5.0 6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	10.04 11.04 11.10 12.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Oct 21, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 26, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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